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Alison Kent was a born reader, but it wasn't until she reached 30 that she knew she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Five years later, she made her first sale.  In 1995, she accepted an offer issued by the senior editor of Harlequin Temptation live on the "Isn't It Romantic?" episode of CBS 48 Hours. The resulting book, [[Call Me]], was a [[Romantic Times]] finalist for Best First Series Book in 1996.
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== Biography ==
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A native Texan, [[Alison]] sold the first of her over fifty published works live on the “Isn’t It Romantic?” episode of CBS 48 Hours. The resulting book, ''Call Me'', was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book. If there’s a better career to be had, she doesn’t want to know about it, as she’s quite happy writing in the backyard of her Texas home where she lives with her petroleum geologist husband, three rescue dogs, one a Hurricane Katrina survivor, and a colony of feral cats, battling the heat each year to raise a bumper crop of tomatoes and jalapeno peppers.
  
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With her first three Temptations on the shelf, she took a break from writing romance novels and spent a few months living one, finding her own hero and practicing every technique she'd learned from a lifetime of reading the best "how-to" manuals around! And the rest, as they say, is history. Having more than 30 titles contracted or in print, she now writes for both the [[Harlequin]] [[Blaze]] and [[Kensington]] [[Brava]] lines. She is also a partner in Access Romance, an online author community (www.accessromance.com) and DreamForge Media (www.dreamforgemedia.com) as a website designer.
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Alison's book, ''A Long, Hard Ride'', part of Harlequin's 60th Anniversary celebration, was nominated for an RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best [[Harlequin Blaze]] of 2009. ''Striptease'', a 2003 release from [[Harlequin Blaze]] and part of her popular gIRL-gEAR series, was also an RT Reviewer's Choice Award nominee.
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Her 2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]] release, ''The Beach Alibi'', was a nominee for the national Quill Awards, sponsored by Reed Business Information. Alison is also the author of ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance'', and her 2009 novel, ''No Limits'', was a Cosmopolitan Magazine Red Hot Read. She has been blogging since 2002, and is active on Twitter and Facebook.
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== Books ==
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=== Fiction ===
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*''[[All Tied Up]]'' - January 2002 ([[Harlequin Blaze| Harlequin Blaze #24]])
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*''[[At Risk]]''
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* ''[[The Badge And The Baby|Badge And The Baby, The]]'' -  August 1999 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #741]])
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* ''[[The Bane Affair|Bane Affair, The]]''
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* ''[[The Beach Alibi|Beach Alibi, The]]''
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* ''[[Beach Blanket Bad Boys]]''
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* ''[[Beyond a Shadow]]''
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* ''[[Bound to Happen]]''
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* ''[[Call Me]]'' -  July 1996 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #594]])
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* [[Deep Breath]] - 2006 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* ''[[Four Men And A Lady|Four Men & A Lady]]'' -  October 1999 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #750]])
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* [[Goes Down Easy]] - 2006 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
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* ''[[The Grinch Makes Good|Grinch Makes Good, The]]'' -  December 1997 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #664]])
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* ''[[The Heartbreak Kid|Heartbreak Kid, The]]'' - February 1997 ([[Temptation By The Numbers|Harlequin Temptation #623]])
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* ''[[In Danger]]''
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* ''[[Indiscreet]]''
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* ''[[Infatuation]]''
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* ''[[Jingle Bell Rock]]''
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* [[Kiss & Makeup]] - 2005 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
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* [[Larger Than Life]] - 2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* ''[[Love in Bloom]]''
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* ''[[Love Me Tender]]''
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* ''[[The McKenzie Artifact|McKenzie Artifact, The]]''
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* ''[[Mother, Please]]''
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* ''[[No Strings Attached]]''
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* ''[[The Perfect Stranger|Perfect Stranger, The]]''
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* ''[[Playing Love's Odds]]''
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* [[Red Letter Nights]] - 2005 [[Harlequin Blaze #213]] - ''RT Bookclub Top Pick''
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* ''[[The Samms Agenda|Samms Agenda, The]]''
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* ''[[The Shaughnessey Accord|Shaughnessey Accord, The]]''
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* ''[[Striptease]]''
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* ''[[The Sweetest Taboo|Sweetest Taboo, The]]''
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* ''[[Tex Appeal]]''
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* ''[[Totally Charmed]]''
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* ''[[Wicked Games]]''
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=== Novellas ===
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* [["Sara Smiles" in Beach Blanket Bad Boys]] - 2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The McKenzie Artifact]] - 2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The Beach Alibi]] - 2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]] - ''National Quill Award Nominee''
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* [[The Samms Agenda]] - 2004 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The Shaughnessey Accord]] - 2004 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [["Upstairs, Downstairs" in Mother, Please!]] - 2004 [[Harlequin]]
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* [["A Blue Christmas" in Jingle Bell Rock]] - 2003 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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== Non-Fiction ==
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* [[The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance]] - 2006 [[Alpha Books]]
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* [[Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three]] - 2005 [[BenBella Books]]
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==Series/Related Titles==
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==== [[Smithson Group / SG-5]] ====
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* [[Deep Breath]] - 04/2006 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[Larger Than Life]] - 06/2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The McKenzie Artifact]] - 02/2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The Beach Alibi]] - 01/2005 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]] - ''National Quill Award Nominee''
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* [[The Samms Agenda]] - 12/2004 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The Shaughnessey Accord]] - 11/2004 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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* [[The Bane Affair]] - 10/2004 [[Kensington]] [[Brava]]
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==== [[gIRL-gEAR]]====
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* [[Indiscreet - Alison Kent|Indiscreet]] - 01/2004 [[Harlequin Blaze]] - ''RT Bookclub Top Pick''
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* [[Wicked Games]] - 10/2003 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
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* [[Striptease]] - 08/2003 [[Harlequin Blaze]] - ''RT Bookclub Top Pick''
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* [[Bound To Happen - Alison Kent|Bound To Happen]] - 05/2002 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
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* [[No Strings Attached - Alison Kent|No Strings Attached]] - 03/2002 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
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* [[All Tied Up]] - 01/2002 [[Harlequin Blaze]]
  
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Alison lives in a Houston, Texas, suburb with her hero, any number of their four vagabond kids, and a dog named Smith. Readers can contact her through her website at [http://www.alisonkent.com].
 
 
== On the Web ==
 
== On the Web ==
 
* [http://www.alisonkent.com Alison Kent]
 
* [http://www.alisonkent.com Alison Kent]
 
* [http://www.alisonkent.com/blog Blah Blog of Alison Kent]
 
* [http://www.alisonkent.com/blog Blah Blog of Alison Kent]
 
* [http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/windythewise/ Alison Kent at Publishers Marketplace]
 
* [http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/windythewise/ Alison Kent at Publishers Marketplace]
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== Books ==
 
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=== Fiction ===
 
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== Novellas ==
 
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* [["Sara Smiles" in Beach Blanket Bad Boys]] - 2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The McKenzie Artifact]] - 2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The Beach Alibi]] - 2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]]) - ''National Quill Award Nominee''
 
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* [[The Samms Agenda]] - 2004 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The Shaughnessey Accord]] - 2004 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [["Upstairs, Downstairs" in Mother, Please!]] - 2004 ([[Harlequin]])
 
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* [["A Blue Christmas" in Jingle Bell Rock]] - 2003 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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== Series/Related Titles ==
 
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* [[Smithson Group / SG-5]]
 
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* [[Deep Breath]] - 04/2006 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[Larger Than Life]] - 06/2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The McKenzie Artifact]] - 02/2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The Beach Alibi]] - 01/2005 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]]) National Quill Award Nominee
 
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* [[The Samms Agenda]] - 12/2004 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The Shaughnessey Accord]] - 11/2004 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[The Bane Affair]] - 10/2004 ([[Kensington]]) ([[Brava]])
 
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* [[gIRL-gEAR]]
 
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* [[Indiscreet]] - 01/2004 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]]) RT Bookclub Top Pick
 
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* [[Wicked Games]] - 10/2003 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]])
 
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* [[Striptease]] - 08/2003 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]]) RT Bookclub Top Pick
 
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* [[Bound To Happen]] - 05/2002 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]])
 
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* [[No Strings Attached]] - 03/2002 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]])
 
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* [[All Tied Up]] - 01/2002 [[Harlequin]]) ([[Blaze]])
 

Latest revision as of 21:45, 27 May 2012

Biography

A native Texan, Alison sold the first of her over fifty published works live on the “Isn’t It Romantic?” episode of CBS 48 Hours. The resulting book, Call Me, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book. If there’s a better career to be had, she doesn’t want to know about it, as she’s quite happy writing in the backyard of her Texas home where she lives with her petroleum geologist husband, three rescue dogs, one a Hurricane Katrina survivor, and a colony of feral cats, battling the heat each year to raise a bumper crop of tomatoes and jalapeno peppers.

Alison's book, A Long, Hard Ride, part of Harlequin's 60th Anniversary celebration, was nominated for an RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Harlequin Blaze of 2009. Striptease, a 2003 release from Harlequin Blaze and part of her popular gIRL-gEAR series, was also an RT Reviewer's Choice Award nominee.

Her 2005 Kensington Brava release, The Beach Alibi, was a nominee for the national Quill Awards, sponsored by Reed Business Information. Alison is also the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance, and her 2009 novel, No Limits, was a Cosmopolitan Magazine Red Hot Read. She has been blogging since 2002, and is active on Twitter and Facebook.

Books

Fiction

Novellas

Non-Fiction

Series/Related Titles

Smithson Group / SG-5

gIRL-gEAR

On the Web

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